Library Publishing Directory
Western University
Western Libraries
Academic Library · CanadaResearch and Scholarly Communication
https://www.lib.uwo.ca/scholarship/journal_publishing.htmlKristin Hoffmann, Research and Scholarly Communication Librarian
Phone: 519-661-2111 x84818
Email: khoffma8@uwo.ca
Program Overview
Mission/Objectives:The publishing mission of Western Libraries is to work directly with faculty and students to achieve their academic publishing goals by providing tools for and expertise in disseminating original scholarly work, advocating for open access, and educating them about ethical and rigorous publishing processes and standards.
- Publishing activities began: 2008
- Stage of publishing efforts: 3 - Established
- Open access focus: Central to mission
- Portion of Open Access publications: Most
- Publishing Languages: English; French; Spanish
Program Organization
- Organization of publishing services: Centralized library publishing unit/department
- Advisory/editorial board: No
- Total staffing in Full Time Equivalents (FTE): 3
- Individual people: 7
- Students: Graduate student(s), Undergraduate student(s)
- Funding sources: Grants, Library materials budget, Library operating budget
Publishing Activities
- Conference papers or proceedings
- Databases
- Datasets
- Electronic theses and dissertations (ETDs)
- Expansive digital publications
- Grey literature
- Journals
- Monographs
- Multimedia
- Open educational resources (textbooks/course modules)
- Posters
Journal Publishing:
- Journals published: 30
- Campus-based faculty-created: 14
- Campus-based student-created: 16
- Peer-reviewed: 29
- Required fee to enable Open Access: 0
- Currently inactive or archived: 11
Open Educational Resources Publishing:
- Open Educational Resources: 3
Technologies & Services
Media Formats:
- data
- images
- modeling
- multimedia
- text
- video
- visualizations
Software & Platforms:
- Dataverse
- Digital Commons (bepress)
- Omeka
- Open Journal Systems (OJS)
- Pressbooks
Additional Services:
- assistance with journal application for DOAJ)
- Indexing services (e.g.
- audio/video streaming
- cataloging
- data visualization
- dataset management
- digitization
- DOI assignment/allocation of identifiers
- graphic design (print or web)
- hosting of supplemental content
- ISBN registry
- ISSN registry
- metadata
- outreach
- training
Digital Preservation Strategy:
- Other (please specify)
- Permafrost
Policies
Other (please specify)Other Policies:
Scholarship@Western (Institutional Repository) Mandate and Policy
Links to Policies:
https://ir.lib.uwo.ca/about.html
Other Information:
We also provide substantial Geographic Information Systems (GIS) services and support for publishing, using Esri GIS software.
We also provide substantial Geographic Information Systems (GIS) services and support for publishing, using Esri GIS software.
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